It really isn’t any new news that Nokia was considering the possibility of manufacturing Android phones and should not come as a big surprise. The anonymous insider who tipped off the New York Times confirmed that this project was more than something they were merely pondering. In fact, the company was actively performing internal tests. Everyone knew, even Microsoft, however this played no role in the acquisition talks between the two companies (Microsoft bought Nokia for 7.18 Bil)

Functioning Android devices would have undoubtedly strengthened Nokia’s position on the market, which now depends on their acquisition by Microsoft or the renewal of the exclusive partnership. Ultimately about 80 percent of all Windows Phones are Nokia smartphones; in the event of the Finnish company ending their close relationship with Microsoft, this would have a heavy impact on the latter and Windows Phones.

All the same, the sobering fact still remains that the Microsoft operating system, which Nokia has been obliged to use since 2011, has definitely not brought an upward swing. Therefore it wouldn’t seem too far-fetched after these 3 years for the Android OS to be at least considered as an option and not have all Nokia phones exclusively come with Microsoft, if at all.

We’ve heard that many users would have really been keen on getting their hands on a Lumia (Nokia Lumia 1020) running on Android, since in fact they managed to make a really good smartphone (Lumia design innovative?). The only thing that turned many away, myself included, was the operating system, which really only belongs to a special niche group. The whole story about Nokia devices running on Android is and remains wishful thinking since the latter will never happen under Microsoft’s roof. At least not until the Windows Phone OS has officially flunked.